I am a lumper, so I started with just one source "Personal Communication" for all emails and phone calls that provided me with information. However as I go more and more of these (several hundred from over 75 persons), I decided to create a Master Source for each individual. In addition to not having one source with so many Detailed Source entries, I like the way it reads now. However, making this change entailed quite a bit of work.
Based on my experience, I would recommend you create at least a separate Master Source for each individual even if you are a lumper. If you later decide you want them combined, Legacy provides the tool to do this (it would be VERY easy to do if you put the persons name in the Source Detail when you create each Detail Source entry so you don't have to add it before combining). My two cents worth. On 10/11/07, Jess M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have stories and information that is being relayed > to me via word of mouth by varying people in the > family. > My disclaimer is that I am doing family HISTORY, not > genealogy in it's pure form. > > Anyway, how do you all cite this in Legacy? Do I make > one master source titled something like "Personal > Conversation" and link all instances to that, with > details being about who told me what for each > instance, or do I create master sources for each > person? > For instance I want to document stories my grandmother > told me before her passing, so my source is G Lockey. > I sat with my mother and got some stories from her, > and that source would be J Ratcliff. > > The younger generations will actually write things > down for me, so that I have a source document, but the > older generations won't, they rely on telling the > stories. > > Thoughts? > > Jess M > Proud to be Single Mom to > CJ-9 > Jo-7 > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
